YES!!! The "I'm so happy" thread. 2009

[ranunculus]

Hi Vivien,
Did you get my personal message about the East Lancashire Show that I sent a number of weeks ago? (See the blue line under your avatar on the Hello Vivienr page).
You will be made very welcome if you can join us on the day - a host of forum members should be there.
All best wishes,
Cliff

[Diane Clement]

  I am happy and excited because I am being allowed a day out in Blackpool on Saturday ... so I will see some of these plants in the flesh   

you might even see some forumists in the flesh    (Cliff knows all about flesh)     
Look forward to meeting you Vivien

  You'll be in  mental training for the East Lancs affair, I expect.... takes a strong nerve to cope with that bunch!! 

I can't imagine what you mean Maggi     

[ranunculus]

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I can't imagine what you mean Maggi     
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Nor I Maggi ... Nor I?

[vivienr]

Did you get my personal message about the East Lancashire Show that I sent a number of weeks ago?

Yes, thank you Cliff. I have never been to Whitworth before. Will the venue be easy to find and park at?

[Maggi Young]

I can't imagine what you mean Maggi     

Nor I Maggi ... Nor I?

Quite simple.....The East Lancs Gang are dedicated to their plants, no doubt about that at all, but they
 ( YOU!) are equally dedicated to  many other assorted  pleasures, even hedonistic pursuits I suggest... and I wasn't  sure Vivien ought to arrive unprepared into your exuberant company....

[ranunculus]

hedonistic
adjective
he's become less hedonistic since getting married self-indulgent, pleasure-seeking, sybaritic, lotus-eating, epicurean, good-time; unrestrained, intemperate, immoderate, extravagant, decadent.

hedonism |ˈhēdnˌizəm|
noun
the pursuit of pleasure; sensual self-indulgence.
• the ethical theory that pleasure (in the sense of the satisfaction of desires) is the highest good and proper aim of human life.
DERIVATIVES
hedonist |ˈhidnəst| |ˈhidənəst| noun
hedonistic |ˌhēdnˈistik| |ˈˈhidnˈɪstɪk| |ˈˈhidəˈnɪstɪk| |-ˈnɪstɪk| adjective
hedonistically |ˌhēdnˈistik(ə)lē| |ˈˈhidnˈɪstək(ə)li| |ˈˈhidəˈnɪstək(ə)li| adverb
ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Greek hēdonē ‘pleasure’ + -ism .


I suppose so!       

[ranunculus]

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Yes, thank you Cliff. I have never been to Whitworth before. Will the venue be easy to find and park at?
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Couldn't be easier Vivien ... right in the centre of town, on the left hand side of the long main road A671 travelling from Rochdale (it is about four miles from the centre of Rochdale) and parking is very good, but will obviously depend on numbers attending.  Please don't be shy on the day, make yourself known to any steward.

...And don't worry about Maggi's comment about 'hedonism' ... we NEED to keep warm, quenched and replete in the Pennines!   

[Lesley Cox]

Diane has given Cliff at least two little pushes toward retaliation for a certain picture posted recently, but to my great disappointment, he is resisting the temptation to reply. Not up to it Cliff?

Foolishly, I too was expecting a horror image Maggi, from your posting above. In fact, the poor dog looks like a dead and dressed large white pig, with lines drawn ready for the butcher to operate. I hope the little lad didn't have a knife or saw handy.

[Lesley Cox]

Two things, Australians of the less couth kind celebrate EVERYTHING by drinking beer. More refined Aussies, such as those present on the Forum, go for gin or Kahlua ( )

Rogan, I understand your horror at our snow in March. Believe me, we're pretty horrified too. There's no doubt that the hot and dry part of summer is over but we do still expect some warm temps, mid 20s anyway and we frequently have a wonderful Indian summer in May. We are such a small landmass that we get everything dished out by everyone else. The Australians send up hot and dry while the penguins send cold, wintery blasts at almost any time of year. We've learned to be a tough bunch here, especially in the far south.

[ranunculus]

Diane has given Cliff at least two little pushes toward retaliation for a certain picture posted recently, but to my great disappointment, he is resisting the temptation to reply. Not up to it Cliff?

Oh ye of little faith, dear Lesley ...

[Anthony Darby]

No class, no yifty and I'm listening to Purcell (). Bliss!

[maggiepie]

Oh Lesley, you forgot the Australians who prefer wine.

My sister ( in Oz) sent me this link today, it will help people learn to speak with a New Zillund accent 


http://docs.google.com/gview?a=v&attid=0.1&thid=11ffffc2b1763428&mt=application%2Fpdf

[Carol Shaw]

My sister ( in Oz) sent me this link today, it will help people learn to speak with a New Zillund accent 

http://docs.google.com/gview?a=v&attid=0.1&thid=11ffffc2b1763428&mt=application%2Fpdf

Sent me to something called Google Docs 

[maggiepie]

Carol, did you wait for it to load?

[Michael J Campbell]

 Maggi, I won't mention the Rugby,ok